Grant Gerlock
Assistant News DirectorExpertise: Reporting on Education policy, the Iowa Legislature, water quality and news in Central Iowa, as well as editing and photography, all to help IPR listeners and readers understand and connect with their communities and the state where they live
Education: Masters degree from Miami University (Ohio)
Favorite Iowa Destination: Hitchcock Nature Center
Experience:
- Covered local and statewide government issues, local community issues and other news for IPR and previously for Harvest Public Media and NET (now Nebraska Public Media)
- Has reported and written features on all branches of Iowa's state government, education policy and impacts in Iowa, water quality and general news and events in Central Iowa
- Is a multi-award-winning reporter, including a Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Award of Merit for his series "Ten years of Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy" and a second place award from the Public Media Journalists Association for his reporting on safety concerns about carbon capture pipelines
- Has reported and produced features for Morning Edition and All Things Considered
- Has training and certification from Poynter's ACES editorial program
My Favorite Stories
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Republican Rep. Zach Nunn won a close race for Iowa’s 3rd District two years ago, by less than 1%. Now, two first-time candidates are running to win the seat back for Democrats. -
Officials now say four people were killed and at least 35 were injured in the storm that destroyed dozens of homes in the southwest Iowa community. -
Gov. Kim Reynolds says a new law giving the state more oversight of the state’s nine Area Education Agencies introduces more accountability into special education. -
Iowa's Nutrient Reduction Strategy is a roadmap to curb the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous contaminating the state’s waterways and contributing to a massive "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico. IPR News is looking at what has — and hasn’t — changed in the decade since. -
Proposed projects would add more than 3,000 miles of new carbon pipelines through rural parts of the Midwest. Some emergency officials are concerned about safety, especially after a rupture on a similar pipeline three years ago.
My Latest Stories
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State Auditor Rob Sand, the only Democrat in statewide elected office, announced Monday he is running for governor of Iowa in 2026. He was first elected as state auditor in 2018 and was reelected to a second term in 2022. -
Sage says his background will help bring working class voters back to the Democratic Party. He is the first Democrat to officially announce a run against Sen. Joni Ernst. -
Gov. Kim Reynolds is not running for reelection, setting up a wide-open race in 2026. In a video statement Friday morning, Reynolds said she is stepping aside at the end of her term to give back to her family that has supported her political career. -
A federal court will rule for a second time on whether Iowa law can ban all books with sexual content from school libraries and prohibit teaching LGBTQ material in kindergarten through sixth grade. -
The House Higher Education Committee has honed in on standardizing general education requirements, banning schools from requiring DEI courses and preventing accreditors from penalizing colleges for following state law.
